USS Arizona (BB-39) - Pearl Harbor, Oahu, HI
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Struck by aerial bombs on 7 December 1941, USS Arizona (BB-39) exploded killing 1,177 of her crew. The sunken battleship lays at rest under her memorial in Battleship Row at Pearl Harbor.
Waymark Code: WMRC3H
Location: Hawaii, United States
Date Posted: 06/06/2016
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The wreck of Arizona remains at Pearl Harbor to commemorate the men of her crew lost that December morning in 1941. Legislation during the administrations of presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy resulted in the designation of the wreck as a national shrine in 1962.
A memorial was built across the ship's sunken remains, including a shrine room listing the names of the lost crew members on a marble wall. The national memorial was administratively listed on the National Register of Historic Places on 15 October 1966. The ship herself was designated a National Historic Landmark on 5 May 1989.
Upon their death, survivors of the attack may have their ashes placed within the ship, among their fallen comrades. Veterans who served aboard the ship at other times may have their ashes scattered in the water above the ship.
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